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., q&a on the white house recordings of president john f. kennedy. after that, another chance to see british prime minister david cameron take questions from the house of commons. >> if you listen to mayor bloomberg, who said the damage is unprecedented, gov. christie said the damage was unthinkable. we have fires. now we have hurricane force winds. we had snow. if you look at the shutdown of the stock exchange, you try to get a sense of the massive scale of this storm. i have read dozens of stories over the last couple weeks were many consumers are linked to any information was through their smartphone, so while there was obviously an impact, i think the networks performed really well. >> some networks did well. some networks did less well, but we do not have solid information about this. there are no standards by which we measure their performance, and it is voluntary whether they want to talk to the fcc or not or whether they want to talk to their state or local governments or not. they responded well. the first thing would be to find out how they
., q&a on the white house recordings of president john f. kennedy. after that, another chance to see british prime minister david cameron take questions from the house of commons. >> if you listen to mayor bloomberg, who said the damage is unprecedented, gov. christie said the damage was unthinkable. we have fires. now we have hurricane force winds. we had snow. if you look at the shutdown of the stock exchange, you try to get a sense of the massive scale of this storm. i have read...
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john kennedy's quotes, president john f. kennedy, i just want to take you back, mr. speaker, it's not as if these are new ideas we are talking about. this isn't some rocket science problem that's suddenly been thrust upon the united states of america in 2012. these are basic economics. adam smith talked about these years ago. this is in one of john f. kennedy's news conference in 1962 as he was providing the largest tax cut in modern american history he said this, he said it's a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low. that's where we are today, mr. speaker. tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low. it's a paradoxical truth that can be true. he goes on. he says the soundest way to raise revenues, that's exactly what we are trying to do when we talk about balanced approach. we need to cut spending. we need to increase revenue. president kennedy says this, the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now. cutting taxes now is not to encourage -- incur budget deficit, but to achieve the more pro
john kennedy's quotes, president john f. kennedy, i just want to take you back, mr. speaker, it's not as if these are new ideas we are talking about. this isn't some rocket science problem that's suddenly been thrust upon the united states of america in 2012. these are basic economics. adam smith talked about these years ago. this is in one of john f. kennedy's news conference in 1962 as he was providing the largest tax cut in modern american history he said this, he said it's a paradoxical...
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. >> i went to john f. kennedy high school. it seemed to me he was an amazing president. one that has always stuck out to me fdr and the new deal and how he inspired a country in the personal adversity. he had polio. he is in a wheelchair. he did not let that bother him. he did not show weakness. no matter what we think our disability may be, we can overcome that and show a strong response and we can push forward and motivate others. for that i like that. i like him. >> we had so many inspiring presidents. i do a lot of reading about george washington. that had not been for george washington we will not of a country. i've always been very inspired by him. abraham lincoln made those decisions that are necessary at the time to pull the country back together and put us on a new course. in terms a modern day, i look at all the presidents. we are at a very critical point in our history. i think he has been the most touching for me individually. i hear pros and cons about the president. i think the american people thought they were the best candidates. i would ever say we've ev
. >> i went to john f. kennedy high school. it seemed to me he was an amazing president. one that has always stuck out to me fdr and the new deal and how he inspired a country in the personal adversity. he had polio. he is in a wheelchair. he did not let that bother him. he did not show weakness. no matter what we think our disability may be, we can overcome that and show a strong response and we can push forward and motivate others. for that i like that. i like him. >> we had so...
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starting with you, lynda, on november 22, 1963, where were you when you heard president john f. kennedy was shot? >> i was at the university of texas. i was a sophomore. i had gone to class that morning and i was looking forward to a wonderful evening that night. president kennedy was coming to austin and we were going to have a big dinner and fundraiser. $100. [laughter] i had gotten an extra ticket. i was going to take one of my best friends to the dinner. i came home for lunch at the dorm because you bought a meal ticket during thsoe days. i came home and i had my lunch. i went up to my room and my former roommate called me and said, lynda, stay where you are. i am coming to get you. pretty soon, sheet showed up. we do not have a radio in a room and we did not have television. she had heard it on a radio in another friend's room that the president had been shot them . she knew i had to get protected. she came and got me and we went to this person's room who had the radio. that is how i heard about it then they we fell on their knees and started praying. eventually, we heard m
starting with you, lynda, on november 22, 1963, where were you when you heard president john f. kennedy was shot? >> i was at the university of texas. i was a sophomore. i had gone to class that morning and i was looking forward to a wonderful evening that night. president kennedy was coming to austin and we were going to have a big dinner and fundraiser. $100. [laughter] i had gotten an extra ticket. i was going to take one of my best friends to the dinner. i came home for lunch at the...
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smith, in many ways, laid the ground work for the new deal or for john f. kennedy to become the new catholic president and it is a nonissue now. this year, governor romney's mormon faith, i'm not aware of it being an issue to any significant degree. agonot sure 10-20 years would have made that prediction. we're very good at finding a unity that goes beyond tolerance, a celebration of diversity. no better day than election day. host: what is something of note that you think people could find interesting looking back to this election in 2012? what is something that stands out? guest: it's a double referendum. any time a president runs for a second term is a referendum on that incumbent. that is doubly so with this president and his record on the economy, etc. the untold story of this year is, for a lot of voters, a referendum on the nominating process, not just in the presidential race, but if you look at the senate races. if the republicans fail to take the senate tonight, not withstanding the fact that they are only defending 10 seats, it will be the second
smith, in many ways, laid the ground work for the new deal or for john f. kennedy to become the new catholic president and it is a nonissue now. this year, governor romney's mormon faith, i'm not aware of it being an issue to any significant degree. agonot sure 10-20 years would have made that prediction. we're very good at finding a unity that goes beyond tolerance, a celebration of diversity. no better day than election day. host: what is something of note that you think people could find...
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it was our great president, john f. kennedy, who said when you balance budgets, don't balance it on the backs of the poor. and this sequestration, what it does to the programs that serve the neediest and the most vulnerable, the children, the mothers, the retired women, this is going to hurt them the most. and i would say nobody in their right mind would vote to do that. the american people made their wishes clear in this last election, they supported president obama, and they want this congress to get going and to get the job done. but at the rate we're going, we are all going no place fast except over a cliff, and as you pointed out, the impact of going over this cliff will be devastating to our overall economy but particularly for those that are the most vulnerable -- our children and our mothers and our elderly women. so i want to congratulate my colleague and partner in so many efforts for women, children and families and for working americans and really for getting a compromise, for getting a solution that will ke
it was our great president, john f. kennedy, who said when you balance budgets, don't balance it on the backs of the poor. and this sequestration, what it does to the programs that serve the neediest and the most vulnerable, the children, the mothers, the retired women, this is going to hurt them the most. and i would say nobody in their right mind would vote to do that. the american people made their wishes clear in this last election, they supported president obama, and they want this...
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john f. kennedy, october of 1961 , officially proclaimed these words. this was president kennedy's first thanksgiving proclamation, having become president some nine months earlier. he proclaimed, these words, the pilgrims after a year of hardship and peril humbly and ref rently setaside a special day upon which to give thanks to god. i ask the head of each family to recount to his children the story of the first new england thanksgiving. thus impress upon future generations the heritage of this nation born in toil, in danger, in purpose, and in the conviction that right and justice and freedom can, through man's efforts, persevere and come to fruition with the blessing of god. and i will -- this will be the next to last, mr. speaker, but it is important, just as every president every year has proclaimed a day of thanksgiving to god, to our eternal and omnipotent source of all blessings. so every president has done it. president obama has done it. it is just so important that as we see surveys done of school children in america, high school students, co
john f. kennedy, october of 1961 , officially proclaimed these words. this was president kennedy's first thanksgiving proclamation, having become president some nine months earlier. he proclaimed, these words, the pilgrims after a year of hardship and peril humbly and ref rently setaside a special day upon which to give thanks to god. i ask the head of each family to recount to his children the story of the first new england thanksgiving. thus impress upon future generations the heritage of...
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f. more than 20 million members around the world. if i were to identify a one thing that the differentiation between when we failed and now is specificity. social justice movements, historically over the past few decades there is an inclination for big national or global movements in change. when to stop global warming, advance gay-rights. while those are laudable aims, there is not a lot of specific action you could take that is effective. we changed starting with the oldest tool, the petitions. this is very small, incremental change. that is spreading like wildfire. >> people use the site to do what? to post petitions? >> exactly. it is just a petition site. it now has the tools to take the people who signed the petitions and mobilize them. these are very specific. literally three fields. what you want to change in who has the power to change it, and why should people join you? 20,000 that started. many of them go by road. -- go viral. coalesce into the idea of petitions? how did you f
f. more than 20 million members around the world. if i were to identify a one thing that the differentiation between when we failed and now is specificity. social justice movements, historically over the past few decades there is an inclination for big national or global movements in change. when to stop global warming, advance gay-rights. while those are laudable aims, there is not a lot of specific action you could take that is effective. we changed starting with the oldest tool, the...
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i think it has been on every president's plate going back to the time of john f. kennedy. it is time for the american public to make their statements and hopefully, with the election next year, that might send a further message and i think that finally he might be able to get some bipartisanship. >> you have seen reaction from john boehner and harry reid. we have a week -- a written statement from mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. here is what mitch mcconnell had to say -- i extend my congratulations on the hard- fought victory. the american people did to bank things, they gave president obama a second chance to fix the problem, but he admits he failed to solve. and they preserved the gop's control of the house of representatives, the voters have not endorsed the failures of the first term, they have simply given him more time to finish the job they asked him to do. paul ryan is coming back to the house. he won his seat last night, he says i'm going to be continuing our responsibility as chairman of the house budget committee and representative of wisconsin's first congressio
i think it has been on every president's plate going back to the time of john f. kennedy. it is time for the american public to make their statements and hopefully, with the election next year, that might send a further message and i think that finally he might be able to get some bipartisanship. >> you have seen reaction from john boehner and harry reid. we have a week -- a written statement from mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. here is what mitch mcconnell had to say -- i extend my...
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he became vice president and helped john f. kennedy become elected president, and then was relegated to nothingness in effect. he became almost invisible during the first three years of the kennedy administration. the book he writes about how the kennedy team, which came into washington with great hopes, called him corn opponent. i love boston, and i went to school up there in high school. there are a lot of smart people up there, but i always resented the fact that people in the north think that people in texas are deserving of terms like corn opponent. i don't know about you but it upsets me because we do have people that are a little capable of doing things, including the then president of the united states, lyndon johnson. who in a six-week period kept the kennedy team, because it was essential to be able to keep the momentum going on the agenda that had stalled for three years, effectively. he kept the kennedy team which showed the leadership skill of humility. he had the leadership skill of doinged determination, and he h
he became vice president and helped john f. kennedy become elected president, and then was relegated to nothingness in effect. he became almost invisible during the first three years of the kennedy administration. the book he writes about how the kennedy team, which came into washington with great hopes, called him corn opponent. i love boston, and i went to school up there in high school. there are a lot of smart people up there, but i always resented the fact that people in the north think...